Tokyo Bag Storage Questions, Answered Plainly
You have checked out, the hotel will not take the bag back until evening, and the Shinkansen leaves at six. This page answers the questions that moment produces, based on Radical Storage's own published pricing. The real day rate for a regular suitcase is 850 yen per bag, with a 355 yen booking fee added once at checkout. And there is no Radical Storage point inside either airport terminal; the nearest ones sit kilometres away, in Chiba and Kanagawa.
What This Guide Actually Is
Who runs the storage points this guide recommends?
Commission is the entire business model, and it is disclosed in the footer of every page. Radical Storage signs the partner businesses, a shopfront or a hotel front desk for example, takes the booking and handles the money. Radical Storage also stands behind the drop-off through its Guarantee. This site holds no bags, runs no facility and signs no partner. It researches and writes about the points in that network, nothing more.
Does using this site cost me more?
No. The price paid is Radical Storage's own published rate, with nothing added on this side. The commission comes out of Radical Storage's side of the transaction, not the reader's. What does add to a bill is the checkout fee, a one-time 355 yen per bag, which is covered further down this page with the full arithmetic shown.
Where does the reservation actually take place?
On Radical Storage's own platform. Links from this site lead there, where a reader picks a storage point, pays and receives a confirmation. Support for anything after payment, a refund, a change or a pickup problem, is Radical Storage's responsibility. This site cannot see a booking, amend one or intervene in a dispute.
How These Answers Were Built
What time do Tokyo storage points open and close?
A storage point is usually an ordinary business, a shop or a front desk, with ordinary shop hours that differ from point to point. Hours are never generalised here, because most of the Tokyo points on file are not open all day and all night, and one shop's closing time can strand a bag that another would have held. Ratings shown on a point belong to Radical Storage's own post-booking reviews. A point with no reviews yet is described here exactly that way: unrated.
What does one bag for one day cost?
The rate a reader with a normal suitcase should expect is 850 yen per bag per day at Radical Storage's Tokyo points, plus a 355 yen fee per bag added once at checkout. One bag for one day comes to 1,205 yen on those published figures, and a second day adds 850 rather than repeating the fee. Radical Storage advertises a lower from-price globally, but that reflects a small-bag rate found at only a few points, not what most Tokyo drop-offs cost.
What does the Radical Storage Guarantee actually cover?
The Guarantee is not insurance, and Radical Storage's own terms say so explicitly. The same terms allow the company to withdraw the Guarantee at any time. What governs a real claim is the cap: payouts are limited to EUR 3,000 per claim. Radical Storage has published a larger headline figure, but this site quotes it only alongside that cap, never on its own. Read the terms on Radical Storage's own page before reserving, since they are the contract.
Can I cancel a reservation?
Cancellation is governed by Radical Storage's terms, which are shown during its own booking flow before payment. This site sets no policy, handles no money and cannot reverse a charge. The terms accepted at checkout are the ones that count, so read them there rather than relying on any summary, including this one.
Drop-Off Day Basics
How do I get my bag back before the storage point closes?
Pickup works in reverse. Return before the point closes, show the confirmation and collect the bag. Each location sets its own hours, so a late departure can rule a point out even when its drop-off window suited the morning. Radical Storage's Tokyo map lists each location's hours, and checking them against the return time is the one step that prevents a stranded suitcase.
Can I store a bag at Tokyo's airports?
Neither airport has a Radical Storage point inside any terminal. The nearest one to Narita sits about 6.0 km away in Tomisato, Chiba, and the nearest to Haneda about 3.4 km away in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, across a prefecture boundary. For a bag you want parked at the airport itself, the terminals' own attended counters are the real option. For a bag you can drop in the city, the station clusters around Tokyo Station or Shinjuku put a point where the trains already are.
Is Radical Storage cheaper than a Tokyo station coin locker?
It depends on the locker and on your bag. Tokyo Metro publishes one flat ladder across its stations, running from ¥300 to ¥1,000 per use, while JR East prices vary by station and add a peak-season surcharge. Radical Storage charges ¥850 per bag per day plus a ¥355 booking fee, so one bag for one day comes to ¥1,205. A locker that fits your case can cost less, but a large suitcase often will not fit at all, and no operator publishes availability figures.
How does dropping off a bag in Tokyo actually work?
You reserve a spot through Radical Storage's Tokyo map, pay online, and receive a confirmation carrying the address and a booking reference. The point itself is an ordinary business, a shop or a hotel front desk, and you simply hand the bag to the staff there. The rate is ¥850 per bag per day, and a ¥355 booking fee is added once at checkout no matter how many days you store, so one bag for one day totals ¥1,205.